PART-IV
GENERAL AWARENESS
151. The degree of monopoly power is to be measured in terms of the firm’s
(a) normal profit (b) supernormal profit
(c) both normal and supernormal profit (d) selling price
152. Who propounded the Innovation theory of profits?
(a) J.A. Schumpeter (b) P.A. Samuelson (c) Alfred Marshall (d) David Ricardo
153. Which of the following does not come under legislative control over administration?
(a) Zero hour
(b) Adjournment motion (c) Budget session (d) Formulation of a Bill
154. Under perfect competition, the industry does not have any excess capacity because each firm produces at the minimum point on its (a) long-run marginal cost curve
(b) long-run average cost curve (c) long-run average variable cost curve (d) long-run average revenue curve 155. Which one of the following is not a ‘canon
of taxation’ according to Adam Smith?
(a) Canon certainty (b) Canon of simplicity (c) Canon of convenience (d) Canon of economy 156. Effective demand depends on
(a) capital-output ratio (b) output-capital ratio (c) total expenditure (d) supply price
157. ‘The Right to Public Office’ is a (a) Civil right
(b) Economic right (c) Moral right (d) Political right
158. Who was the author of Gita Govinda?
(a) Jayadeva (b) Kalhana (c) Kalidasa (d) Raja Rao
www.upscportal.com 159. Which battle did open the Delhi area to
Muhammad Ghori?
(a) First Battle of Tarain (b) Second Battle of Tarain (c) Battle of Khanwa (d) First Battle of Panipat
160. The Aryans successes in their conflicts with the pre-Aryans because
(a) they used elephants on a large scale (b) they were taller and stronger
(c) they were from an advanced urban culture
(d) they used chariots driven by horses 161. The Chola kings were ruling over
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra (c) Kerala (d) Bengal
162. From which fund can the unanticipated expenditure be met without the prior approval of the Parliament?
(a) Consolidated Fund of India (b) Contingency Fund of India (c) Vote-on-Account
(d) From the Treasury
163. A law made by the Judiciary is known as (a) Ordinary law (b) Case law
(c) Rule of law (d) Administrative law 164. On e of th e impor tan t attr ibutes of
Parliamentary form of government is (a) Fixed tenure for the executive (b) Executive is answerable to the people (c) Executive is separate from the legislative (d) Collective responsibility of Council of
Ministers to the Parliament 165. ENIAC was
(a) an electronic calculator (b) an electronic computer
(c) an memory device (d) an engine 166. One byte consists of
(a) one bit (b) four bits (c) eight bits (d) ten bits
167. Which of the following vertebrates lack exoskeleton?
(a) Amphibia (b) Mammalian (c) Aves
(d) Chondrichtyes
168. Which of the following branches deals with the interaction of same species of living or gan isms with th eir n on -livin g environment?
(a) Autecology (b) Synecology (c) Ecology (d) Paleontology
169. Which of the following organelles is called
‘Atom bombs’?
(a) Microtubules (b) Nucleolus (c) Golgi bodies (d) Lysosome 170. In AC circuits, AC meters measure (a) mean values (b) rms values
(c) peak values (d) mean square values 171. When a light wave is reflected from a mirror,
there is a change in its
(a) frequency (b) amplitude (c) wavelength (d) velocity 172. Solar energy is due to
(a) fusion reactions (b) fission reactions (c) combustion reactions (d) chemical reactions
173. The width of depletion layer of a P-N junction (a) decreases with light doping
(b) increases with heavy doping (c) is independent of applied voltage (d) is increased under reverse bias 174. Huge deposits of uranium were recently
found in
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka (c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu
175. When water itself combines chemically with some element or mineral it is called
(a) Carbonation (b) Desalination (c) Hydration (d) Oxidation
176. From the bark of which plant is quinine extracted?
(a) Eucalyptus (b) Cinchona (c) Neem (d) Cedar
177. Hypertension is the term used for (a) increase in heart rate
(b) decrease in heart rate (c) decrease in blood pressure (d) increase in blood pressure
178. The contractile proteins in a muscle are (a) Actin and Myosin
(b) Actin and Tropomyosin (c) Myosin and Troponin (d) Troponin and Tropomyosin 179. Coins made of metal first appeared in
(a) Harappan Civilisation (b) Later Vedic Age
(c) Age of the Buddha (d) Age of the Mauryas
180. A natural region has the similarity of (a) climate and natural vegetation (b) climate and occupation (c) soil and drainage (d) economic base and reces
181. Which one of the following is presently the largest oil refinery of India?
(a) Vadodara (IOC) (b) Mathura (IOC)
(c) Vishakhapatnam (HPCL) (d) Mumbai (BPCL)
182. Imaginary lines joining places with same temperature are called
(a) Isobars (b) Isohyets (c) Isohalines (d) Isotherms 183. Crop rotation helps to
(a) lesson use of pesticides
(b) eliminate parasites which have selective hosts
(c) yield more crops
(d) produce a greater choice of plant products
184. An area legally reserved for wild life in its natural surroundings is
(a) Biosphere Reserve (b) Sanctuary
(c) Social Forest (d) National Park
185. Who is the new Governor of Maharashtra?
(a) Shiv Shankar Menon (b) K. Sankaranarayanan (c) B.K. Sinha
(d) Shivaraj Patil
www.upscportal.com 186. At present the BRAHMOS missile are
assembled at (a) Bangalore (b) Hyderabad (c) Chandipur (d) Sriharikota
187. The electronic configuration of an atom having atomic number ‘20’ is
(a) 2, 8, 10 (b) 2, 6, 8, 4 (c) 2, 8, 8, 2 (d) 2, 10, 8
188. The most reactive among the halogens is (a) Fluorine
(b) Chlorine (c) Bromine (d) Iodine
189. The major component in the LPG is (a) methane
(b) butane (c) ethane (d) propane
190. KMnO4 can be used as a/an (a) insecticide
(b) fertiliser (c) pesticide (d) disinfectant
191. Acute lead poisoning is also known as (a) Itai-itai
(b) Plumbism (c) Neuralgia (d) Byssinosis
192. The vertical movement of air is termed as (a) wind (b) air current (c) air turbulence (d) air mobility
193. Sivasamudra is an island formed by the river (a) Ganga (b) Godavari
(c) Krishna (d) Cauvery
194. Who among the following was the first h eavyweigh t boxer to go un defeated throughout his career?
(a) Rocky Marciano (b) Lee Epperson (c) Larry Holmes (d) Michael Spinks
195. Which one of the following newspapers had been edited by Gandhiji?
(a) Navjeevan (b) Gujarat Times (c) Maratha (d) Jan Satta
196. The Chairman of the Finance Commission must be
(a) A person of Finance and Banking field (b) An Economist of high caliber
(c) An expert from Judiciary—level of High Court Judge
(d) A person having experience in Public Affairs
197. The novel ‘White Tiger’ which won the Booker Prize 2008 is authored by
(a) Arundhati Roy (b) V.S. Naipaul (c) Kiran Desai (d) Aravind Adiga
198. Who is the Minister for Environment and Forest of India?
(a) Anand Sharma (b) Jairam Ramesh (c) Dayanidhi Maran (d) None of these
199. Queen Elizabeth has recently conferred Knighthood on
(a) Chetan Bhagat (b) L.N. Mittal (c) Salman Rushdie (d) None of the above
200. The First Election Commission of India was (a) S.P. Sen Verma
(b) Dr. Nagendra Singh (c) K.V.K. Sundram (d) Sukumar Sen
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